Love With Food Review

Love With Food lets you get your junk food fix, minus the junk. Each month, you’ll receive a box of eight or more natural, organic, or gluten-free snacks that are free of artificial flavors and colors, MSG, trans fats, hydrogenated oils, and high fructose corn syrup.

Overall Rating

Every snack is free of no-nos like artificial flavors and colors, trans fats, high fructose corn syrup, and more

For every snack box you purchase, you’re donating at least one meal to a food bank

There’s a members-only online store where you can purchase full-sized versions of the snacks you loved

Cons

You only get the lowest possible monthly cost by paying annually rather than monthly

You can’t customize your box and which snacks go inside each month

The boxes can’t be catered to those with allergies or dietary restrictions, aside from being gluten-free

What Is Love With Food?

After Aihui Ong, the founder and CEO of Love With Food, found herself in a verbally abusive relationship with her then-husband, she got a divorce and left San Francisco to travel around the world with nothing but a backpack. Even though she had many amazing experiences overseas, she also saw poverty firsthand, which broke her heart all over again.

After returning to the U.S. and finding out her best friend had breast cancer, she told her she'd cook for her because she only knows how to "show love with food." Then, after another friend's all-natural food company was being shut down, she decided to make it her mission to not only help food producers grow their businesses by connecting them with consumers looking for healthy, gourmet food, but also play her part in helping combat childhood hunger in the process.

Today, for every Love With Food box that's purchased, the company donates a meal to food banks across the world. But that’s not the only thing that makes this subscription box service stand out.

More than 1,009,000 meals have been donated to food banks to date.

You earn points for each box you receive, and for every 1,000 points you earn, you’ll receive $10 that can go toward any full-size product order.

You can cancel anytime you want without any cancellation fees.

Unboxing Love With Food

Love With Food has a no-fuss approach to their packaging. Everything comes in a bright red box, and after opening it you’ll be presented with a handful — or two! — of delicious, healthy snacks. Each month also has a theme, and the box I received for March 2017 was “Happy Go Lucky.”

All the items are nice and snug, packed up so nothing gets smashed or breaks. And, there's a wide range of treats: this time, I received popcorn, a couple different types of chips, a hummus and veggie snack pack, hot chocolate, chewy fruit candies, and more, all from respected brands I’ve heard of or new ones I was happy to be introduced to.

The Review

I’m a bigtime snack fanatic, so a box stock-full of them delivered straight to my door every month is kind of the best case scenario. Instead of wandering the aisles of the grocery store aimlessly looking for something new and interesting to munch on, signing up for a subscription is the perfect way to discover a handful of new items each month… and save a whole lot of time in the process.

Unlike meal subscription services where you choose the recipes you want in advance and know exactly what you’re going to get with each box, I had no idea what to expect with Love With Food: you can only choose which plan you want, not what goes inside. It felt like a grab bag for adults. After opening up my box, I was really impressed with the diverse range of snacks. There was something for every taste, whether you prefer sweet or savory. (Or, if you’re like me and love both, it’s a dream scenario.)

If you don’t have any allergies or dietary restrictions, you’re pretty much good to go and don’t have to read any labels: everything I received was either organic, all-natural, or both, AKA much healthier than what’s typically found on store shelves. Even the candy was on another level. But if you do have a nut or dairy allergy, for example, there’s no way for the company to cater to any specific dietary needs at the moment besides being gluten-free. Since I’m vegan, I could unfortunately only eat about half of what was in the box; the other half went straight to my boyfriend, who certainly didn’t mind.

But with that being said, even though my options were more limited, there wasn’t anything I tried that I didn’t like. In fact, I was jotting down notes in my phone of everything I wanted to get again in the future. The range was certainly wide — there was even a bag of maple bacon-flavored almonds and dill pickle potato chips — and I don’t think anyone would be disappointed. The ones that made my list were Organic Apple Harvest Crunch Dried Snacks, Salted Cacao Coconut Chips, Organic Fruity Bears, Plantain Strips with Sea Salt, and a whole lot more. And depending on the size of box you subscribe to, you’ll be left with snacks for the whole month. While the Tasting Box has 7+ snacks each month, the Deluxe Box has 15+, leaving you with something tasty every couple days.

If you do end up wanting to purchase more of the snacks you loved, Love With Food makes it really easy: they have an online store called the Snack Shop that’s stocked with the same goodies you got in your box, and then some. (Because if you’re anything like me, mini bags of chips only last about 5 seconds and you’re going to need more. Even if there’s a whole box full.) Members can order snack-size versions in bulk of all the monthly finds, and you can save a lot of money by buying them through the website. They also have boxes you can purchase in the store for special occasions, like a Rad Dad Mystery Snack Box for Father's Day or a Mystery Camping Box. In addition, they sell condiments and sauces, some tasty beverages, and you can filter the snacks in the shop by dietary preferences — like Gluten-Free, Nut-Free, Soy-Free, and Vegan — to make shopping foolproof.

All in all, I would definitely subscribe to Love With Food. And if you’re not interested in buying it for yourself, it makes a great gift for a friend or family member: Who wouldn’t get excited about getting a snack subscription?

Cost

There are three different box options that range in pricing: Tasting Box is the least expensive, Deluxe Box is in the middle, and Gluten-Free Box is the most expensive. Each specific style of box ranges in prices depending on which plan you choose. Tasting Box, for example, costs $9.99/month when you pay month-to-month, $7.99/month when you pay annually, $8.99/month when you pay every 3 months, and $8.50/month when you pay every 6 months. There's also an office plan that starts at $99/month… so, you might want to talk your boss into that one.

How To Subscribe

After creating an account, head over to the Home Plans section and select which plan works best for you, whether that’s paying monthly, yearly, or every 3 or 6 months. Once you enter your payment and shipping information, you’ll start receiving your box every month. It’s as easy as that.

Managing Your Subscription

Since there’s no way to choose which snacks go into your box, there’s nothing you need to do to manage your subscription as long as you’re happy with your plan. If you want to change to a different plan, just sign into your account, click My Account, select Subscriptions from the drop down menu, look for Settings under the subscription plan, and click Change Plan. From there, you can choose the new plan you want.

If you want to cancel, sign into your account, click My Account, select Subscriptions from the drop down menu, then under Settings select Cancel Plan. From there, you have to fill out a survey before you can actually cancel. After completing the survey, click the Cancel My Membership button.

Is Love With Food Worth It? THE VERDICT: Yes

So, is Love With Food worth it? For someone who doesn’t have any allergies or dietary restrictions, I would say it sure is. You’ll receive a box full of all sorts of goodies that might lead you to your new favorite snack, which also just so happens to be healthy. If you do have an allergy or dietary restriction, however, it might not be the best option. Since Love With Food can’t cater to dietary needs, there’s no way to keep snacks with ingredients like nuts and dairy out of your box. (With that being said, there is a box option that’s 100% gluten-free.) But anyone with nut allergies or who’s vegan might be better off rounding up their own snacks, otherwise you might have to give half of the snacks away to friends or family.

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